linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86, cacheinfo: Unify AMD L3 cache index disable checking

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Message-ID: <20100331145022.GA32440@aftab>
Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:50:22 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86, cacheinfo: Unify AMD L3 cache index disable checking

All F10h CPUs starting with model 8 resp. 9, stepping 1, support L3
cache index disable. Concentrate the family, model, stepping checking at
one place and enable the feature implicitly on upcoming Fam10h models.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c |   17 ++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index b3eeb66..acfb083 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -328,18 +328,22 @@ static unsigned int __cpuinit amd_calc_l3_indices(void)
 static void __cpuinit
 amd_check_l3_disable(int index, struct _cpuid4_info_regs *this_leaf)
 {
-	if (index < 3)
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 != 0x10)
 		return;
 
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0x11)
+	if (index < 3)
 		return;
 
 	/* see errata #382 and #388 */
-	if ((boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0x10) &&
-	    ((boot_cpu_data.x86_model < 0x8) ||
-	     (boot_cpu_data.x86_mask  < 0x1)))
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model < 0x8)
 		return;
 
+	if ((boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x8 ||
+	     boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x9)
+		&&
+	     boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 0x1)
+			return;
+
 	this_leaf->can_disable = true;
 	this_leaf->l3_indices  = amd_calc_l3_indices();
 }
@@ -443,8 +447,7 @@ __cpuinit cpuid4_cache_lookup_regs(int index,
 
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
 		amd_cpuid4(index, &eax, &ebx, &ecx);
-		if (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 0x10)
-			amd_check_l3_disable(index, this_leaf);
+		amd_check_l3_disable(index, this_leaf);
 	} else {
 		cpuid_count(4, index, &eax.full, &ebx.full, &ecx.full, &edx);
 	}
-- 
1.7.0.2


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

--
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Operating Systems Research Center
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